The Biology of Love

376 Pages·2000·23.638 MB·English

by  Arthur Janov

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t) In this revolutionary work, famed psycho-
therapist Arthur Janov, author of The
Primal Scream, presents the first unified theory of
psychology and brain chemistry. Relying on years
of experience with patients and a great deal of evi-
dence from psychology and neurology, Janov
explains how love significantly affects not only
psychological welhbeing hut physical health and
personality traits as well. In fact, its long-estab-
lished biological effects critically influence brain
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structure and brain chemistry in the developing
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fetus and the growing child.
Focusing on prenatal experience, Janov says,
“Womblife is the precursor for all the rest of our PUBLIC
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lives”: health-conscious mothers those who
take care of themselves during pregnancy; eat nu-
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tritious foods; avoid ingesting toxic substances like
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drugs, alcohol, and tobacco smoke; and carry the
fetus to term in an emotionally positive, low-stress
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environment bestow on their newborns innu-
merable advantages.
Janov maintains that prenatal experiences
and birth trauma are imprinted on our nervous
systems, and if this crucial period of life is beset
by trouble and stress, whether mental or physical,
the deep-seated effects can result in psychological
problems or psychosomatic diseases later in life.
By the same token, lack of love after birth, when
the infant needs the touch of loving caresses, can
be as injurious to the healthy development of in-
telligence and personality as lack of food. Janov
cites scientific evidence to demonstrate how the
formation of the nervous system, especially the
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Dr. Janov
Author of the International Bestseller The Primal Scream
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Janov, Arthur.
The biology of love Arthur Janov.
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cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-57392-829-1
1. Emotions in infants. 2. Affect (Psychology) 3. Love. 4. Love
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Physiological aspects. 5. Infants (Newborn) Psychology. 6. Prenatal influences.
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7. Infants (Newborn) Wounds and injuries. I. Title.
BF720.E45 1999
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152.4T dc21 99-054221
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Remember, if you take the wrong train, every stop you make is wrong. That
train gets its start very early in life, including gestational life. The train starts
out in the dark and once the rails are set, we move on them inexorably to the
end of our lives.
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Paraphrased from Saul Bellow
It is the task of History to establish the truth.
—
Karl Marx
It is the appeal to history that establishes our inner truths.
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